Rowe R-90 10" woofers

[Bill Mangahas]

Hello all, I'm new here. 

Rowe R-90 subject:

The foam on my two 10" woofers had disintegrated causing me to purchase two replacement 10" woofers from Money Machines in Louisiana (USA). 

I removed the old woofers and installed the new ones. They sound great but there is something I noticed.

On the original Rowe woofers, there is a capacitor soldered across the speaker terminals. Anyone know the purpose of this capacitor ?

Should I leave the capacitors off or solder them to terminals of the replacement woofers just like the originals ?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Ron Rich]

Who knows ? Are they the same speakers ? The cap's purpose is to direct certain sounds from/or to, certain speakers within that audio system. Why did you purchase new speakers-- why did you just not re-foam the originals ? Ron Rich

[Bill Mangahas]

insWho knows ? Are they the same speakers ? The cap's purpose is to direct certain sounds from/or to, certain speakers within that audio system. Why did you purchase new speakers-- why did you just not re-foam the originals ? Ron Richert quote here

I purchased the replacement speakers suggested by a friend who has an R-91 with the same problem. But his woofers didn't have the capacitors.

[jukenorman]

The capacitor is part of the crossover network so should be replaced to protect the 5" units, as well as to balance the sound. And I also wondered why you didn't go the re-foam route!  As a matter of interest, the R-91 manual shows capacitors on the 10" speakers.  I do think that there is a very real danger of destroying the smaller speakers if you wind the amp up without the capacitors in place!
Norman.

[Bill Mangahas]

Good thing I didn't trash the old woofers. I removed the capacitors from the old woofers and soldered them to the speaker terminals.

Plays very good, though I didn't notice any difference in sound without or with the capacitors.

Thank you Ron Rich and jukenorman for responding.